This is not a suprise coming from our "friends" in Saudi Arabia. They were told by the U.S. government to make their textbooks more "infidel" friendly. As author Robert Spencer puts it: "What do you expect? The idea that adulterers and apostates should be killed isn't "extremist" or "hijacked" Islam. It's mainstream Islamic teaching, taught in the Sunnah and all the schools of Islamic law. I know that pointing that out will earn me more charges of "Islamophobia," but reality is reality, fellows. This is just Islamorealism.
Oh, and by the way, the 1999 valedictorian of the Islamic Saudi Academy was Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, who is now doing 30 years in the pen for joining an Al-Qaeda plot to kill Bush. Surprised?...". More here: *******www.jihadwatch****/archives/021366.php

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International efforts are being made to counter the upward swing of oil prices. The Saudi Arabian King said the country will increase production point-7 million-barrels daily from the current 9-million-barrels by next month. This will mark the highest oil production rate since 1981. Some US officials say that while the Saudi Arabian efforts will help with domestic prices, the Middle Eastern country actually has the supply to increase production more significantly. Last week, President Bush asked Congress to allow oil drilling in untapped waters and thus increased production in the oceans off the US coast. The average price of gas domestically rose about 10 cents in the past 14 days, now putting it at 4-dollars and-10-cents.
With this latest record-high gasoline price, consumers are looking for alternative ways to cut-down on fuel costs. One company helps its employees ease the high-gas-price trend by optioning workers to turn their vehicle into a moving billboard. Jobing-dot-com gives free gas plus a 500-dollar incentive, to post professional advertising decals on employee cars. It costs the company about 3 to 4-thousand dollars for the car make-under, and about ..........

After the 9/11 the Saudi's government is having a bad image of being a country that export Terrorists since many of those involve on the attack of the 9/11 are Saudi nationalities. To change this image the Saudi donated millions of dollars into campuses around the US.

Danya, the winner of the No Reservations FAN-atic casting-call, persuades Anthony to take on a challenge, and travel to Saudi Arabia for his No Reservations Fanatic special. New episodes of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations premiere Mondays at 10PM only on Travel Channel! For more info, visit: *******www.travelchannel****/TV_Shows/Anthony_Bourdain

Anthony enjoys a traditional lamb dinner during his trip to Saudi Arabia with Danya, the winner of the No Reservations FAN-atic casting-call. New episodes of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations premiere Mondays at 10PM only on Travel Channel! For more info, visit: *******www.travelchannel****/TV_Shows/Anthony_Bourdain

Housewife Patricia Clark Taylor wasn't thrilled when her husband, in the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, was transferred to Saudi Arabia in the 70s. Soon they found themselves in the midst of international events. She gained a new perspective on America's foreign and energy policies. She later studied politics and worked on Capitol Hill. Her book is "Unveilings."